trump in his last impeachment trial, did attend the meeting with donald trump today. nbc news caught up with senator romney on his way to the trump meeting. >> reporter: do you plan on confronting him or bringing up any kind of january 6 related issue? >> no, this is not the place for that. >> no, no, this is not the place for that. that is the very polite version of the ultra polite utah senator, mitt romney. maybe too polite this time. what is the place for that? one place for that is the federal courthouse a short walk from where they were meeting with donald trump was scheduled to stand trial for crimes federal prosecutor jack smith has accused him of but the supreme court blocked that prosecution by accepting a delay they never should have accepted. donald trump is claiming something no one has ever claimed before, that the president of the united states has lifetime immunity for any and all crimes committed while he was president. andrew weissmann will join us tonight to consider the unconscionable delay the supreme court has imposed on the criminal case of the u

we begin with the latest from the fallout of the guilty verdict against donald trump. stormy daniels speaking out, giving her first postverdict interview to a widely circulated british tabloid telling the sunday mirror she wants trump jail. if she had to she would go back to july, -- 2006 and would not have attempted, accepted his invitation to dinner in lake tahoe. quote, i definitely regret putting myself in that situation but i'm not the one should be ashamed. i'm not the one who was married. i had -- or dishonest. she talked about lyrical polarization around the case. >> it is so -- like how do you get this and this to ever pull together? and a lot of that light donald trump, he divided the country and people of the world in ways that i just didn't think was possible. >> we will hear more from stormy in a few minutes. also trump's lawyers saying the sentencing on july 11th may be delayed by potential appeals. and that in the meantime trump is likely to continue his attacks on the judicial process. >> he has an absolute constitutional right to comment on matters of p

would you accept if donald trump asked you? >> donald trump will make this choice. i suspect only he knows who is on the short list. >> i have not talked to him about his position in his campaign. >> would you accept his offer? >> any great patriot if offered a chance to serve the president and our country would have to consider it seriously. what i'm making sure is we win the election in november and i want to help him govern to recover the peace and prosperity that he brought to america that joe biden has destroyed. >> senator cotton, thank you for joining us on "meet the press." >> thank you, peter. >>> house democratic leader hakeem jeffries joins me next. hakeem jeffries joins me next. i don't want you to move. i'm gonna miss you so much. you realize we'll have internet waiting for us at the new place, right? oh, we know. we just like making a scene. transferring your services has never been easier. get connected on the day of your move with the xfinity app. can i sleep over at your new place? can katie sleep over tonight? sure, honey! this generation is so dra

in order to tear down the system donald trump will have to return to the white house. there in lies the rub. the united states can have a second trump presidency or obtain the rule of law, not both. author of the book, erasing history. rita, with us as well. advisor at the renewed democracy initiative. rick stengel, msnbc political analyst undersecretary of state in the obama administration. let me start with you, we spent time the last hour discussing the fact that every criminal defendant thinks the system is against them. every defendant that faces a conviction thinks it is unfair. we have processes for this. donald trump and his allies skipped all the way over to the fact that the system is broken. the system is rigged. there would be no case in donald trump's justice department had not gone after michael cohen in the first place. we skipped to the system is broken. as david frum says, he is mad and looking for revenge. >> he set out a conspiracy theory. the thing about a conspiracy theory, any evidence against it is taken as evidence for. the newspapers are not con

he says that donald trump argues that "the first amendment will be eroded unless he, donald trump, is permitted to lie about fbi agents intending to murder him and his family, the law requires no such thing." these are blunt assertions by jack smith. when we reflect back on how we got here, you know, donald trump's lawyers were given a heads up about when the fbi would be executing the search warrant at mar-a-lago and they specifically tied it with donald trump and his family would be out of the state of florida. what did donald trump do with that information? he lied and said the fbi was coming to assassinate him and ready to harm his family. those lies are designed to inspire people for violence against fbi agents which is why jack smith is going scorched earth, trying to get his conditions of release modified to put a stop to this reckless violence inducing rhetoric. >> that is the hearing on monday, let's talk about today. i am trying to square the fact that there did seem to be skepticism from judge aileen cannon on the arguments from team trump, while, she grilled prosecutors ab

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would you accept if donald trump asked you? >> donald trump will make this choice.he knows who is on the short list. >> i have not talked to him about his position in his campaign. >> would you accept his offer? >> any great patriot if offered by the president would have to consider it. >> what i'm making sure is we win the election in november and i want to help him govern to recover the peace and prosperity that he brought to america that joe biden has destroyed. >> senator cotton, thank you for being on "meet the press". >> house democratic leader hakeem jeffries joins me next. (vo) sail through the heart of historic cities and unforgettable scenery with viking. unpack once and get closer to iconic landmarks, local life and cultural treasures. because when you experience europe on a viking longship, you'll spend less time getting there and more time being there. viking. exploring the world in comfort. i was stuck. unresolved depression symptoms were in my way. i needed more from my antidepressant. vraylar helped give it a lift. adding vraylar to an antidepressant

they go to work and see that donald trump is good fire. for 15 years, reporters and media outlets do what is best for their companies. they're respective of their own political ideology. >> my guest guess is there's a bums out and >> looking at every race since then and someone in power whether the president or house or senate has suffered for it and has been the guys throughout the last bumps and some have donald trump representing a newness, which was an oldness and not having this situation and athink 134 years we haven't had a former president trying to regain the office. >> joe biden for inflation and he doesn't, donald trump doesn't sit around and say here's my four part plan howard: yeah, but at the same time -- >> people are unhappy with our politics and i'm unhappy. rhyme not showing that by voting for donald trump and not showing that by voting for rfk. >> throw the bums out is not pleasant when you're the incumbent. incumbent. howard: always good to talk to you. this edition of media buzz, i'm howard kurtz. see you back here nex

here's how presidential debate prep said what donald trump needs to accomplish. yone agreed that mr. trump does not come off as unhinged or enraged. he has to keep his cool and cannot make it all about himself. is that good advice, governor? >> i think it's an important debate. it will be a great opportunity for president trump to talk about his policies and how the policies were good for every single family in the country that lived here. they had more money in their pockets. the grocery prices were down, gas was down. they'll have more opportunity. he'll have a fantastic opportunity. >> to be clear in 2022, the personal insults are part of what you did not appreciate about mr. trump. should he avoid those insults on the debate stage? >> i don't think he'll have to get personal at all because he'll have so many good things to talk about in contrast to joe biden's policy. >> republican, sorry. >> joe biden's policies have been devastating for the families that live here in this country. the costs have gone up and they've had less opportunities and they're just rea

could donald trump pardon himself?only issue pardons for people convicted on federal crimes, this was a state crime. but presidents pardoning themselves, this is all unprecedented, this is uncharted legal territory. so to be honest, it's all a bit of a question mark. will vernon with answers on the trial. for more on the historic nature of the verdict, i spoke to a presidential historian. it's only been one day but how do you think history will look back at this moment? the first president to be convicted of a crime? thank you for having me. i think the history books will look at it in two ways. first, it is extremely unusual in american history to see something like this. we've never had a president convicted of a crime, so it is an unprecedented moment. really lucky as a nation that no president has acted in such a way to be convicted of a crime. that's an exceptional statement. the second piece worth mentioning, under the rule of law, every citizen is supposed to be treated the same. that goes for a former president

donald trump meanwhile, has reportedly taken a less traditional approach, his preparations included inlicy discussions in private meetings with his allies. stan in contrast to president biden, trump has spent much of the last week on the campaign trail. he had lent a rally in philadelphia this weekend where he appeared to poll his audience on debate strategy. fmr. pres. trump: should i be tough or nasty and say, you are the worst president in history? or, should i be nice and calm let him speak? [applause] anyway, it would be a good -- i am sure he will be prepared. katrina: thursday's debate breaks with tradition. for the first time in more than three decades, it's not being sponsored or organized by the commission on presidential debates due to disagreements with both campaigns. instead, cnn will be the first network to be the sole sponsor of a general election presidential debate. the 90 minute debate kicks off at 9:00 p.m. eastern. we expect president biden to enter from the right side of the stage, while former president trump will enter from the left side. they will take to their

it's even harder with donald trump. and again, when i talked his team, they say he is someone who changes his mind every day based on who we seize on tv, who he speaks with over the phone. and so until he formerly makes his announcement, donald trump can change as mine up until the last minute. >> we will know when it is announced. thank you so much, alayna treene and arlette saenz their from the white house and join cnn is president biden and former president trump meet for the first debate, a historic one. 2020, 2024 election. jake tapper and dana bash moderating it's all lie from atlanta thursday beginning 9:00 p.m. all right. >> with us now, cnn political analyst bucaram sellers and former senior adviser for the trump 26 tank 16 campaign. jason osborne all right. first you we have this brand new reporting that donald trump's team is telling him maybe they should go out and be more disciplined in this debate. let joe biden, president biden talk, you, buy it i do buy it. i do. by the deaths with jason miller, who is a

donald trump has always insisted to his followers at his rallies that china pays the tariffs that donald trump imposed on china. now to be fair to the 99% of trump voters who have never gone to a trump rally, it does appear that the very stupidest of trump voters attend the rallies and cheer for the breathtakingly stupid statement by donald trump about tariffs, but i promise of joe biden never claimed that a foreign country pays american tariffs, the new york times would destroy him in a massive front- page headline and begin to debate whether joe biden was lying about tariffs or this was a sign about neurological decline in joe biden. who pays tariffs should be a question at the next debate, but the debate questioners always pride themselves on the complexity of their questions that never lead to yes or no answers or revelations of the shocking ignorance patterns of people like donald trump. donald trump introduced insult comedy to american presidential politics with his nasty nicknames, first for the republican candidates he was running against in 2016, all of whom then proved themselv

who donald trump came out and publicly endorsed in the re-election bid. ublicans. >> brendan, as we just mentioned, trump just met with speaker johnson last thursday. what does it tell you about their relationship and how they view one another heading into the general election? >> let me start by saying i will be very surprised if there's any legislative strategizing going on. i was in trump tower with paul ryan when donald trump won, trying to present to him what our legislative agenda was going to look like, and he was all over the map. had no interest in getting into that. i doubt they're dabbling in a lot of policy details. the fact the nrcc chairma is there, this is probably more about making sure they do hold their majority and how they can use donald trump as an asset. there are people who don't want donald trump showing up in swing seats. there are places he can have an impact to help turn out voters. i imagine this is much more political. i imagine there's a lot of color and things bouncing off the walls that aren't terribly focused. >> another do

donald trump are exoeeted — nominee. donald trump are exoeeted to _ nominee.minee. donald trump are | expected to be sentenced on july 11, the republican national convention just a few days after that. isaac, thank you very much. that's all the time we have for now. from washington, plenty more on the trial on our website. you can find the day's top stories there as well. stay tuned, plenty more coming up on bbc news. hello. in weather and climate terms, the beginning ofjune marks the start of summer, and the weather is going to feel fairly summer—like this weekend. it will be dry for most of us, warm in the sunshine, but the nights will still be quite chilly. and saturday getting off to a rather chilly start. these are the temperatures in the towns and cities. out in the countryside, some spots a little bit colder than that. but after that chilly start, most places will see some spells of sunshine. any early mist will clear. this area of cloud, across east anglia and the south—east, that should tend to break up to give some spells of sunshine. but then we've

donald trump _ than democrats expected. donald trump has a great opportunity. rump has a great opportunity. if he stays disciplined and remains _ if he stays disciplined and remains the american people the economy— remains the american people the economy he brought them between 2017 and _ economy he brought them between 2017 and 2020 and reminds them the biden— 2017 and 2020 and reminds them the biden administration has failed — the biden administration has failed miserably on addressing the broader rise and the immigration crisis and if he remains _ immigration crisis and if he remains the american people that we — remains the american people that we have a criminal crisis in city— that we have a criminal crisis in city run _ that we have a criminal crisis in city run by liberals that sunport_ in city run by liberals that supportjoe biden, donald trump can come — supportjoe biden, donald trump can come out of this the effect -- come — can come out of this the effect —— come out of this the victor —— addressing the border crisis _ -- addressing the border crisis

donald trump clearly is. the report sounding the alarm on what they are calling operation replace biden. they scramble with 130 days to go, debate catastrophe or as politico put it, biden is toast. calling it now. biden stumbles, rambles and opening of debate. the potential vice president selection senator jd vance from ohio. good to see you both how are you? first i need to apologize to you. i did not know your life story. everybody reed your book except me because i have a pile of papers this high every day to study for four hours being on air. i saw your movie. i was so inspired by your life i was blown away. amazing life story. what is it mean to be considered to be donald trump's vice president on top of that story? >> an incredible honour to be here and to have the opportunity to serve the people of ohio and to be considered as vice president is crazy and it's a testament to how incredible this country is. whether it's in the senate or some other role i kept thinking about how this debate would look thr

it was a very big day unless you were donald trump's media company. stock was down 15% and it is off more than 40% since the beginning of june. it has been dropping since trump was convicted. joining me to discuss, peter spiegel and david gurr. correspondent for bloomberg and host of the big take podcast. trump media stock is. >> tanking. >> like a shrinky at the top of the stairs bouncing down. it picked up a lot of momentum after that conviction. turns out being convicted of 34 felony counts does not something people get behind. donald trump wants and need this company to do well. this is a great disappointment to him. he can't sell that stock until september. what happened most recently, the acc gave the go ahead for them to exercise. last time i was on the show, someone used the term risk assets and the temperature dropped. >> that young man isn't back here. >> but they are able to convert those into stock. so this is a company that doesn't look great. certainly doesn't look great on paper. its revenues are in the six figures. i think it made abou

obviously there is basically don't take it from me, take it from theom the people who have d for donald trump who saw all of these things firsthand. >> i thought the reference from john bolton, of course he was former president trump's national security advisor. the references to xi jinping, vladimir putin, kim jong un was really interesting because we have reported that there's a good chance that president biden up could reference the recent comments from donald trump that he would be a dictator on day one. one it's just a good reminder that the biden campaign would very much like to focus as much as they can on domestic issues, but on foreign policy two, they see a real operator trinity to draw one of the sharpest and starkest contrast between, between the president and the former president tonight yeah. >> what is america's place in the world? these are two men with very different ideas of that mj lee, thank you for that. let's go now to cnn's kristen holmes, who has lived from the cnn spin room or at christian former president trump is expected to arrive here in atlanta in a couple hours.

in his last impeachment trial did attend the meeting with donald trump today. nbc news caught up with senator romney, on his way to the trump meeting. >> do you plan on confronting him or bringing of any kind of january 6th related issues. >> now, this is not the place for that. >> no, no, this is not the place for that. that is the very polite version of the ultra polite utah senator met romney. maybe two polite this time. what is the place for that, one place that is the federal courthouse, a short walk from where they were meeting where donald trump was scheduled to stand trial for crimes that special prosecutor smith has accused him for committing but the republican supreme court blocked the trial by opposing a long delay in deciding an appeal by trump that they never should have accepted in which donald trump is claiming something that no president and no lawyer or judge has claimed before that the president of the united states has lifetime immunity for any and all crimes committed while he was president of the united states. andrew wiseman will join us to

unlike donald trump. so i would leave that up to him, but what i've been through with the former president, i certainly would not. >> all right. citric richmond, co-chair of the biden campaign. so very grateful for your time this morning. thank you. good luck tonight. >> all right. there is one issue that is certain and we were just talking about it to come up tonight, that biden and trump could not discuss the last time that they debated, and that was the events of january 6. and these two men could not look at this day anymore differently. donald trump has been consistently portraying convicted rioters insurrectionists, as heroes they had a release the j6 hostages. >> they've suffered they had a release i call them hostages. some people call a prisoner's, i call them hostages. released the j six hostages, joe, release some joe. you can do it real easy joe the biden camp has been preparing to challenge trump on the role that he played. >> in the capitol riot. they just put out this ad ahead of tonight's

donald trump needs be sedate and joe biden needs to be animated, right? and so it's almost, it's the reverse of what we see every day, right? so trump at the rally on saturday was pretty good. evan evan said if he's grievance donald trump, that's problems for the trump campaign saturday night and philadelphi was kind of odd message about working for you, fighting for you, right? and joe biden has to appear dynamic. he has the pure vigorous, he has to be combative. i think if joe biden comes out and his combative people like whoa, who is this guy, right? i mean, that's what the biden campaign wants to see. the trump campaign will just see the opposite so the mics being cut off, i think the format lends itself to more orderly debate. but i think both teams want to see something maybe a little bit different from their from their candidates. >> kick case. the director here, what do you say directly look, i broadly agree with that. i think for for trauma the aim here is to try to show these moderate suburban voters that he is a palatable option and it shouldn't

the paper also calling donald trump a significant jeopardy to democracy. all of this as the country looks ahead to monday and the supreme court will issue the ruling on immunity. that is the same day former trump white house strategist steve bannon heads to prison after the supreme court rejected the request to delay his sentence. he will serve a four month a sentence on contempt of congress charges as his appeal proceeds. on friday the court ruled for a january 6 writer challenging an obstruction charge. that focuses on a charge that a former president trump also faces in his election interference. will this affect trump? a former investigator says likely no. we will hear why when we speak with him later this hour. >>> we have several reporters in place covering these new developments. we will be here in studio with aaron gilchrist who has new reactions. how is the president responding to all the criticism of his debate performance? >> the president and first lady are out right now at a campaign meeting. they are making a couple of other stops in the new y

donald trump crushed ron desantis, so i don't know why donald trump would care what "the wall street journal" headboard or rupert murdoch thinks now when they've done nothing for him and he still is stronger than ever at least within the republican party. >> it does beg the question, though, what exactly is trump looking for? and i'll read an excerpt from the editorial board of burgum to get your thoughts on this, claire. the governor has an executive experience and a highly successful tech ceo at microsoft, which bought his company. he managed to work well with steve ballmer, which wasn't easy. and unafraid to offer advice to speak the unhappy truth when donald trump denies it. is that what you think, claire? >> here's what the editorial would have to say, doug burgum is perfect because he would not upstage donald trump. he will be as quiet as donald trump wants him to be. number two, he's great because he looks the part. number three, he's great because he can put his hands on a lot of money. now, if they wrote that editorial, that might have some resonance with trump because those

would donald trump be making a mistake if he doesn't pick a woman? on that will help him win and president trump is strong, he's right on all of the policies and he needs to pick someone to help him win and he's back in the white house fighting for america. >> you wrote in the recent book, about shooting your dog cricket. do you think that sharing that anecdote, whether fairly or unfairly cost him a shot at being your vice president? that was a story from 20 years ago about me protecting my children from a vicious animal. so we've covered that and any mom in those situations when you have an animal that's viciously killing livestock and attacking people, it's a tough decision. the reason it's in my book is that book is filled with challenging times and hard decisions and it's a story, and i think many americans will be able to read and learn how they can get engaged with their government again. >> to be clear, republicans have had a lot to say about your story. puppy dogs are pretty popular. i was stunned. why would you do that to a puppy? it's just c

>> donald trump jr.s on his side right now, which i think is a much more important endorsement than the wall street journal. same thing that happened to marco, they saw that republican voters want maga, they want trumpism, they want nationalism, and then the kind of backfilled the policy rationale to support that. and i think somebody like jd vance was always kind of moderate on economic issues, so he used that to argue that he is maga, then he kind of layered on top of that, in order to be maga, have to suck up to donald trump and go in line with vaccine conspiracies. he layered that on top of his more authentic, populous, economic agenda, and now, here he is as kind of a golden boy in the maga world. >> i do wonder, though, if there is something to the idea that donald trump jr. likes jd vance, and trump absolutely wants to be the alpha in the presidential-vice presidential relationship, and therefore, does not put jd vance slightly higher in the stakes than anybody else because of his sort of fealty t

they are trying to focus on donald trump. one of the _ trying to focus on donald trump. to allow time to recoven _ this earlier to allow time to recover. they have that time, if they— recover. they have that time, if they can — recover. they have that time, if they can use it. the question is whether— they can use it. the question is whether they can make it through the next few— whether they can make it through the next few weeks. that whether they can make it through the next few weeks.— next few weeks. that must be a relief to the _ next few weeks. that must be a relief to the biden _ next few weeks. that must be a relief to the biden campaign. i next few weeks. that must be a - relief to the biden campaign. there are two candidates who could take over from are two candidates who could take overfrom him. both of them are saying that they have no interest in becoming the democratic candidate. they are all ahead of behind joe biden. irate they are all ahead of behind joe biden. ~ ., ., , biden. we will have to see whether joe biden biden. we will have to see whether joe

i do not know how it helps former president donald trump, i do not know, there is no controlling donaldhe snake, the snake will bite. if you put these candidates in this environment with all of the rules that biden's close circle of advisors have concocted. let's be clear, this debate was taken out of the realm of the control of the united states commission on presidential debates. that is what has created an entire universe on how we govern ourselves and behave around debates. from choosing a moderator to choosing candidate behavior and audience behavior. that is formulated and created over the course of 38 years by the u.s. commission on presidential debates. my gripe with the situation and the one that will follow his there is no infrastructural fidelity all participants have to agree to and stick with it. not only is the never any controlling donald trump but now we have removed governmental nonpartisan body who was responsible for creating these debates. there is no universe in which we can protect how candidates will behave or how this will come off now that is has been removed fr

you know, the writing, i am sure will be framed to hurt donald trump. will be one of cnn -- to me, one of the most obvious examples of bias. trump explains why he is an in insurectionist and other things. topics unfavourable to biden -- and what topics will be skipped. but the moderators and the journalists are the worst part of thursday's debate. neither fake jake tapper or fake dana bash are fair or balanced or journalists. they are pro-biden, antitrump liberal talk show hosts. they are not journalists. for years they have trashed donald trump. but today when they were confronted with this fact, and it is a fact. one cnn host had a complete and utter meltdown. some parts are entertaining. take a listen. >> what do you expect from joe biden? >> well, it would take someone five minutes toing google jake tapper, and dayna mash. >> i will stop the interview if you continue to attack my colleagues. i would like to talk about joe biden and donald trump who you work for. >> yes. >> if you are hear to have that conversation, i will talk about it. >> i am stat

remember in 2020 in that first debate between donald trump and joe biden donald trump was very aggressive. he barely let joe biden get a word in and we saw trump's poll numbers fall after that. a lot of people argued that trump lost that debate. and so that is definitely weighing on their minds. now, as for what kevin just ran through with the top three topics that they are discussing and the biden camp. those are the same things i'm hearing donald trump's team. and in these policy discussions that they're working through as well, the economy, abortion, his hand and delaying of january 6 and the attack on the capitol. all things they are walking through behind the scenes. now one thing that i think is really interesting is also how we're seeing the campaign. try to manage expectations. i want you to listen to some pretty vulgar language and rhetoric that donald trump used at his philadelphia rally. take a listen to what he said. >> right now, crooked joe's gone to a log cabin to study, prepare. >> no, he didn't. >> he's sleeping now because they want to get them good and strong so a littl

does that help donald trump, does it help joe biden or does it help donald trump hurt joe biden?this going to benefit? >> i find this particular debate to probably be one of the most important in the last -- well, 50 years. certainly, since kennedy and nixon because a lot of our presidential debates have become skeptical. they've not become matters of substance and matters of raw understanding of where each of these men, individuals will lead the country and i think this moment will afford the country that. i'm less concerned about whose bar is set where. i just want to see them talk to me as the current president and a once and presumably hopeful future president about what -- how they see the country right now. how do they assess the last five years going through what we've been through, economically, culturally, socially and certainly on issues like civil rights being pulled back and, of course, that little thing called an insurrection and the denial of, you know, election and the non-peaceful transfer of power. those things are going to be important. so i'm less interested in

most likely outcome for donald trump's side, he'll be donald trump. not clear that trump has any other mode than the trump we've seen. i think one of the things about having this thing so early is that the biden campaign pushed for it to be early. they didn't push for it to be early because they thought what would happen here is that with the 6% of undecided, persuadable, available voters in the six states that are in play, six or seven maybe states that are battleground states, that people would have their mind changed tonight in that group. if you haven't decided between joe biden and donald trump at this point, an event that would change your mind tonight and would hold until november is a pretty unlikely thing. this is like -- this is a moment like the state of the union for biden to calm nervous democrats, to frame the race going forward. we're going to have these big events. we have the nato summit in washington, d.c. you have trump's vp pick. you have the republican convention. those are in the next two weeks after this debate. the way the biden

there is no consistency here other than absolute fidelity to donald trump. >> this week we saw donald trump returning to capitol hill for the very first time since the insurrection. republicans were praising the presumptive nominee celebrating the unity of the party. you were there, your thoughts about trump being back in the capital that he helped deface? >> donald trump at the capital is nothing to celebrate. he incited and aimed a violent mob at the capital. hundreds of police officers were harmed, democracy barely survived. i don't believe it will survive again if he was going to fire up so many people. in a country that is armed to the teeth. stepping back here, if you are hanging out with a felon like my republican colleagues were doing, you are not helping the people who sent you to washington, d.c. to fight for you. that felon is asking to be able to do something that no other felon could do. no felon in america could have a security clearance. no felon can serve in the military, let alone preside over the military. visiting all of the countries you have to visit to be command

donald trump, anti-electric vehicles. donald trump's number one arch nemesis is china.ind state great next frontier. i'm not even talking about the stock market. elon musk is now donald trump's homeboy. if that is not about power, i don't know what it is. >> elon musk, let's derail, the thing i like most about joe biden is how much evil billionaires despise them. i think elon musk is a bit of an outlier because he seems much more concerned with being the joe rogan of billionaires than actually being a successful businessman at this point. he seems much more focused on his own popularity and being adored by people, sort of like a certain residential nominee i can point out. >> should we be alarmed when things are so blatant. am certainly not saying the white house is for sale, but when you're seeing the meetings with the oil execs, business people whose policies -- >> are you saying that the white house is for sale? i will be what you want me to be. >> he solicited a bribe. in his first term there was a shingle on the white house. >> yes, that is true. that is a major co

president biden in the dnc when donald trump plus the rnc outpacing that at 157 million. the trump campaign itself with $170 million cash on hand, the biden campaign is 92 million cash on hand. a lot of cash to be thrown around but trump holding that minor advantage. ashley: amazing he closed the gap. to pick up on what edward was saying, donald trump's hush money conviction seems to have fueled a donation bonanza for his campaign. let's get to ron desantis donor how lambert. trump basically out raised biden by $60 million last month. how did he manage to do that. what is the player here? >> there's no way to say it but donald trump is crushing it in fund raising. that verdict came at the end of may so that doesn't include a lot of donations from june but he is up $25 million in cash on hand with president biden. fundraisers are selling out, three in california in early june. i went to one in orange county that was sold out, one in las vegas that was sold out. the energy is unbelievable. he's leading in almost every swing state. it is safe to say donald trump is in the bes

federal judge appointed by donald trump scheduled three days of hearings in the criminal case where donald trump is accused of violations of the espionage act and illegal possession of documentless. those hearings are scheduled for june 21st, june 24th and june 25th. one of the defense arguments that judge cannon will consider in those hearings is that jack smith's appointment as a special counsel is unconstitutional and therefor the case should be dismissed. the judge will also consider the prosecution's motion to change donald trump's conditions of release to ineffect imposing gag order on donald trump that prevents him from making false statements that quote pose a significant imminent and foreseeable danger to law enforcement agents proceeding in the prosecution of this case. the governor's request is necessary because of several false inflammatory statements recently made by trump that distort the circumstances under which the federal bureau of investigation planned and executed the search warrant at mar-a-lago. president trump has been lying and raising money on the lie that the fbi

and he is the only one who can tie donald trump directly to this crime. prosecutor's case and he has given up the goods. he has put him from trump tower to the oval office in a way that nobody else can. >> there's a few moments that really stood out. the first moment wins trumps lawyer, todd blanche gets up and asks cohen, did you call me a little crying [ bleep ]? the judge immediately instructs him to approach, as the d.a.s office raises an objection. everyone was talking about that. everybody was talking about how strange way for blanche to open up the proceedings. >> when you prosecute cases whenever but he has her hands dirty. that was michael cohen of the time when he was working for donald trump and doing these things for him, it always, always captivates and captures the interest of the jury when they hear from the fixer, when they hear from the henchman, when they hear from the guys that did the dirty work for the kingpin. >> i did not notice any interaction between the former president and michael cohen. but i did notice how closely michael cohen

more, much more than donald trump. ever could. >> the only voice that matters is the voice of the jury and the jury has spoken. >> joining our discussion now, adam klasfeld, a fellow at justice security. lisa rubin, msnbc legal correspondent. both were in the courtroom when the trump verdict was announced. also with us, andrew weissmann, former chief of the criminal division in the eastern district of new york. lisa, i want to take you back to that moment and to the breaking, the final breaking of that suspense and hearing that first guilty doesn't mean you will hear 33 more guilty's. you have to patiently wait as the verdicts unfold on multiple counts. take us back to the moments when you heard the first guilty. >> i can't even begin to describe the shock i was feeling and you are right to say that while the first guilty doesn't mean you get 33 others, the folks at this table like you know a whole lot more about this case than the general public and one of the things we know is that counts one through four pertained t

joe biden simply cannot stay on defense for an hour and a half responding to everything that donald trumpave to let some lies go and let them slip. he simply can't be responding to everything trump said. he, both these men need to be on offense as much as they possibly can. talking about what the other person has done bad, done wrong. both have a record which is unusual. as much as he can avoid playing that defense, they'll be much, much better off. >> thanks to you, we'll all be watching. coming up, we'll dig into the numbers and the candidates just hours from tonight's debate. oh no. what if we don't get down in time to get a birthday gift for zoe? don't panic. with etsy we can find the perfect gift, and send her a preview right away. i love this. thanks guys. ooh, that's a relief. it sure is great to know when something's coming. [ surprised scream ] don't panic. gift easy with etsy. okay everyone, our mission is to provide complete, balanced nutrition for strength and energy. yay - woo hoo! ensure, with 27 vitamins and minerals, nutrients for immune health. and ensure complete with 30

are they going to switch to donald trump? >> no. at were considering voting for joe biden. we listened to them, and after ç the debate, quite a few of them said they had changed their mind. they are not going to go to joe biden. these people exist. there been four polls since the debate, two showed biden doing worse, two showed even. he didn't need to keep the polls the same. he needed to do better. i repeat, he is losing this race. if the trajectory of this race does not change, the donald trump is going to win. >> he has >> he has got to do somethi

they could've pulled on 90% of republicans still support bl donald trump. they did not touch it and i think that's indicative of how fearful they are that the country is against trump. >> they know 90% of republicans are not enough to win the election. charles, is there any case the supreme court grants trump his wish and stepson and it knows this thing. >> is not a universe where this would happen. not at all. i don't think that donald trump -- it's an unserious request. it's not the way the governmentt works or any level whatsoever. the notion the supreme court would take an interest in and then somehow nullify the verdict that was created in a state trial is unheard of. this is going nowhere and going that fast. >> he is going to unknow this thing. can you walk us through how that works. not on all. appeal. >> he will appeal at the state level. he will try to find submission that took place at the trial whether the instructions by the judge, the gag order, if not all things and create an appeal and try to put that before the court of appeals so he can sta

trump wins in november, donald trump meanwhile, it's been his saturday in michigan, a pivotal part of biden's blue wall in 2020, former president trump courting the black vote at a church in detroit baselessly casting doubt on the 2020 election as a way to attack the 2024 election at a turning point action conference last night we're not going to allow them to rig the presidential election in 2024, we need to watch the vote. >> we need to guard the vote we need to stop the steal. we don't need votes all of this as we're just 11 days away from a key moment in the presidential election. >> the very first one on one debate, which will be right here on cnn at my first gas could be theoretically joining donald trump on the republican ticket, joining us now pencil trump, vice presidential pick, republican senator tom cotton of arkansas, also a us veteran. thank you so much for being here, senator, really appreciate it. let's start with ukraine, which i know is an issue you care about in terms of military aid last night at a rally in michigan, the former president, mr. trump, went after ukra

constant gas lighting by donald trump.struggling with this issue of accountability. like a lot of the things that are happening right now, it's like these things don't happen in america. we are not used to these things. i want people to take a moment and literally pull up a google search about other democracies that have gone through similar things or had to hold a former president accountable in the legal system. it has happened. in france and italy and israel. in october, benjamin netanyahu might not be prime minister. he is going through a trial that is literally on hold. i think americans regularly feel -- that everything is just amazing and america does everything better. what we have not been able to do in the quest for the more perfect union is this issue of accountability when wrong has been done by a former leader of the country. leader of the free world. like nixon was pardoned because people thought, i wanted to tear the country apart. america is stronger then i think we are giving ourselves credit for. and i wa

do you think donald trump is a strong debater? >> listen, i think donald trump likes to play games. he likes to ran, he likes to wave. but frankly, this debate is not going to hinge on donald trump's demeter. the problem for donald trump is going to be everything that comes out of his mouth. the maga extremism that he is spewing, that he's been spewing at maga rallies since he first launched this campaign. talking about being a dictator on day one, talking about a bloodbath. if he doesn't win this election. talking about again, the extreme state-level abortion bans that he's responsible for planning out brilliantly. that's all stuff that the american people have not seen by enlarge. and so regardless of if he's crazy, donald trump that we've seen in 20 it seems are 2020, or if he tries to act presidential, the problem is going to be his maga agenda, that the american people are going to see in primetime tonight. >> michael, a georgia voter told john king this i don't feel comfortable with biden's age and i don't feel comfortable with trump's mouth. how is president biden going to ad

they are trying to focus on donald trump. have this early is to allow time to recover. they've got that time, if they can use it. the question is whether they can make it through the next few weeks. that must be a relief to the biden campaign. there are two candidates who could take over from him. raphael warnock and gavin newsom saying on tape, no, no, no, they have absolutely no interest in having the democratic candidate. they are all behind joe biden100% of the way. what we will have to see whetherjoe biden stepped aside. people may tell him that he has to do for the good of the party. he is not showing any willingness to back away now. he's got a campaign appearance tomorrow in north carolina. estate that appears close according to polls. —— a state. how will he be able to respond to this on the stage? better talk about the trump campaign. they were out there early. what did they have to say? they looked like the cats that got the cream! there wasn't much point how they've thought it went. the bar was very low forjoe bid

we are all for sale. >> and donald trump wants to make that money tax-free because donald trump is intips tax-free, you don't have to include tips in your tax returns. now if you are a republican official and someone gives you $1 million after a deal, that yours, too, is keep it all. >> that's just the tip and the idea that this is something you have justice alito and justice thomas voting on, just like they will be voting on the january 6 case, you know, it tells you just the sorry state that the courts are in, which is supposed to be one of the bulwarks, one of the key checks and balances that is supposed to be sort of a crown jewel of our democracy and you can understand why the court's newest judge, ketanji brown jackson, is taking them to task in language that is strong and deservedly strong. >> that line, only this court could love, that is not normal supreme court justice language. b make no, it is clear she has gotten there. remember she served on the district court of appeals. on the court in d.c. with conservative justices and to me it is, it reads like she can't believe tha

, if and when donald trump is elected, they say when, that donald trump will go after everybodyon. so tell me, how do you feel, the people, especially in areas of pennsylvania, are going to be digesting this information? >> including the 50th ward in northeast philadelphia, parts of northeast philadelphia voted for trump last time, and south philly too. i think this is a focus group. a political focus group. politics, you get a bunch of people and set them aside for the rest of the country and fill them with all the facts. give them all the information that's relevant to the discussion and they give you a verdict about what they think about the counting. this was a focus group. aside from the legal factors it was a focus group of people who got for 21 days all the facts. unmitigated truth of what was going on in this matter in this case and they came out with a judgment in a matter of nine or 10 hours. so it's really important in a country where 3/5 of the country don't get the news you don't get the philadelphia inquirer read the washington post or the new york times or other b

listen to donald trump. let's remind you of why another four years of him would be so di disastrous to this country. they knew the bar they had to clear was about joe biden's age and competency for the job. he cleared it at the state of the union. he did not clear it last night. every aide i've spoken to, democrats are deeply worried about what they saw from the president. yes, trump lied. we will get into that, but the fundamentals here last night was that president biden did not answer the bell. i was here last night in atlanta. democrats scrambling. we had vice president harris, not scheduled to do interviews last night, suddenly scrambled to do them on the cable networks, including msnbc. we had aides, about 45 minutes into the debate, suddenly blasting reporters text messages, telling us for the first time that president biden had a cold. that was explaining why he wasn't doing well. they pointed to his rally in north carolina later today, saying that'll be a moment where he does do better. we had the m